Keen wit and a sharp blade, D'Éon is an icon of sexual ambiguity and one of French history's greatest mysteries. The controversy surrounding the knight's gender was one of the juiciest bits of gossip of the 18th century. But his history only starts out glamorously. Éon was indeed an androgynous spy as at ease in a skirt as a Dragoon captain's uniform,...
Louis XV's favorite spy, the Chevalier d'Éon has infiltrated the king's court in England and earned a comfortable position as Minister. But the intrigues, his position as a secret agent, and the king's erratic impulses will put him in peril. In the end, D'Éon will fall from grace. He will need all his energy and skill to make it out of this difficult...
In 17th century France, a woman of unparalleled beauty gets unwittingly pulled into a political plot that she doesn't fully grasp. Corrupted by treachery and pretense, she will soon become one of the most feared spies of her era, wielding the cape of deception just as skillfully as a deadly sword.
With a future as a line cook and the family inn as his inheritance, Jim Hawkins knows he won't stay on land for long. His eyes look elsewhere, toward the horizon over sea, which promises mystery and the unknown. All it would take is a little help from destiny or Bill Bones, the old sea wolf just off the boat with his precious map, for Jim to fall head...
Love stories never end well. Nills believes this adage could obviously never apply to his own relationship! But his naivety blinds him to reality, and what Nills sees as an intimate retreat to his wife Anaëlle's family home proves to be a red flag concerning their relationship. Though the young wife is strong and independent, she carries a heavy burden....
After 1,000 years spent contemplating his immortality on the throne, the former King of Hyperborée sets off for Mount Olympus. As the years of his life have dragged on and on, he's lost countless loved ones and subjects, and finally decides to track down the gods to ask them why he is the way he is. Why him? How can he die? Will he ever see the woman he...
Ilan and Chloé are professional treasure hunters who have always dreamed of taking part in the ultimate hunt: the mysterious game known as Paranoia. When the big day arrives, they finally learn Rule 1 of the game: No matter what happens, nothing you are about to experience is real. It's only a game. Next comes Rule 2: One of you is going to die. When the...
Keen wit and a sharp blade, D'Éon is an icon of sexual ambiguity and one of French history's greatest mysteries. The controversy surrounding the knight's gender was one of the juiciest bits of gossip of the 18th century. But his history only starts out glamorously. Éon was indeed an androgynous spy as at ease in a skirt as a Dragoon captain's uniform,...
While he was still just a starry-eyed child, Jules Verne witnessed a strange transaction. A man acquired a mysterious object, an astrolabe… then 28 years later, he sets sail for the Americas to in search of inspiration. On board, Jules learns that a scholar named Orpheus is supposedly involved in what he saw as a child. He decides to follow him across the...
It is 1947, fourteen years after Kong's victory, and Manhattan has been evacuated. The island is now a forbidden zone, under the surveillance of the Kong Crew, a squad of pilots containing the young and impetuous Virgil! When a scientist and journalist enter Manhattan illegally, the Kong Crew is dispatched to find the two intruders…
